The lamp-posts are poetical...the lamp-post really has the whole poetry of man, for no other creature can lift a flame so high and guard it so well. --G K Chesterton, London Times July 24, 1909.

"As she stood looking at it, wondering why there was a lamp-post in the middle of a wood and wondering what to do next, she heard a pitter patter of feet coming toward her..." (C S Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia)

Friday, August 17, 2012

Why I Love John Owen

"I think truly, that
no man preaches that sermon well to others, that doth not first preach it to
his own heart. He who doth not feed on,
and digest, and thrive by what he prepares for his people, he may give them
poison as far as he knows; for, unless he finds the power of it in his own
heart, he cannot have any ground of confidence, that it will have power in the
hearts of others." (John Owen, "The Duty of a Pastor").